Window-shade fixture.



No. 658,317. I Patented Sept. I8, I900.

J. W. FORBES.

WINDOW SHADE FIXTURE.

(Application filed Feb. 23, 1898. Banewed Apr. 9, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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JOHN W. FORBES, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TOWILLIAM E. PETTIT, OF SAME PLACE.

WINDOW-SHADE FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,317, datedSeptember 18, 1906. Application filed February 23, 1898. Renewed April9, 1900, Serial No. 12,184. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. FORBES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVindow-ShadeFixtures; and I do hereby declare that the fol lowing specification is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will onableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partthereof.

My invention relates to improvements in window-shade fixtures; and theobject of my improvements is to provide fixtures capable of adjustmentvertically and horizontally to accommodate any length of roller and toraise or lower the roller at will. I attain this object by means of themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l isa perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a portionof my device. Fig. 3 is a View showing my device attached to a windowwith shade-roller in position.

The Vertical rod A is provided with the plates B and 0, having theperforated lugs 12 and c and by which it may be secured to thewindow-casing. The plate 0 has also the pulley-wheel D attached to it.The slide E is made to run upon the rod A by means of the perforated lugK. The bar G is secured horizontally to the plate E by the lugs F. Arollerbracket H, having the setscrew J, slides upon the bar G. The barsA are attached to the window-frame X, and the cords L and M, passingover the pulley-wheels D, operate the shade-roller Y.

My device is intended to be used as an adjustable shade-fixture capableof being adj usted to any window, to any length of shaderoller, and toallow the shade to be lowered or raised at pleasure without beingremoved from the fixtures.

The guide-bar A is made of any suitable metal and is of any shape exceptcylindrical. It is about two feet in length and is secured in a verticalposition to the side of the window-frame, one on each side, by thescrewplates B and 0, having the perforated lugs 19 and a, into which the endsof the bar A fit. Upon the bar A, I slide the plate E by means of theperforated lugs K. This sliding plate E has the horizontal bar G securedat either end in the lugs F. Upon the bar G is the slidingroller-bracket H,'having the slot I and the set-screw J. From the rearof the plate E extend at right angles the perforated lugs K, which areintended to engage the bar A. When the plate E is in position upon thevertical bar A, which is attached to the window-frame, the slidingroller-bracket H can be set by the set-screw J to accommodate any lengthof shade-roller. The pulley-cord has one end L attached to the plate Eon the inside of the window-casing and runs over the pulley-wheel Dabove it, thence over the pulley-wheel D on the other side of thewindow, and down to the stop 0. The other end of the pulley-cord M issecured to the plate E on the opposite side of the window and runs upover the pulley-wheel above it and thence down to the stop 0. By pullingthe two cords downward the shade is raised to the top of the window andsecured by catching the ends of the cord in the stop 0. By lowering theshade in this way light is let in without exposing the room, and if thewindow is down from the top the shade is not whipped by the wind.

What I claim as my invention, and desire Letters Patent for, is-

An adjustable curtain-fixture composed of a vertical rod secured to eachof the vertical inner faces of the window-frame, horizontal platessliding vertically thereon provided with horizontal guide-rods andshade-roller brackets provided with set -screws sliding horizontally onthe guide-rods attached to the said plates, in combination with cords,pulleywheel and cord-stop for raising and lowering the fixtures, asdescribed and specified.

JOHN W. FORBES.

Witnesses:

J. E. BOOKSTAVER, H. A. DRIESBOOH.

